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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL E. CHEESEMAN, OF MILLDALE, KENTUCKY.

SEAL.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 481,472, dated August23, 1892.

Application filed November 17, 1891. Serial No. 412,246. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it'known that I, SAMUEL E. GHEEsEMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milldale, in the county of Kenton and State of Kentucky,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Seals for RailroadFreight-Cars, Mail-Bags, &c.; and I hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to improvements in seals to indicate upon mereinspection whether or not a freight railroad-car or whatever the sealmay be used for has been tampered with.

The object is to produce a more eifective and more easily adjustable andcheaper device for the purpose than heretofore used.

The invention consists in forming from a sheet-metal blank a sealhavinga shackle integral therewith, a portion of said blank on one sideof said shackle being formed into a hollow cylinder or socket in whichthe free end or tongue of said shackle is adapted to be secured bycorrugating. The other side of the blank will forma tag on which tostamp the name of the railroad and number of the station. I attain theseobjects by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 represents the blank as it will be when stamped. Fig. 2represents the blank with the hollow cylinder. Fig. 3 represents theseal complete. Fig. 4 represents the seal corrugated to fasten it, or aside view.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the several views.

A is the shackle, A the bent shackle, and A the clinched shackle.

B is the tin-tag part of the blank on which the name of the railroad andnumber of the station may be stamped when sealed.

0 is that part of the blank from which the hollow cylinder or socket ismade. 0' is the blank with the hollow cylinder made on it. C is thehollow cylinder or socket corrugated to secure the seal. Slight changeswhich might suggest themselves to skilled mechanics could be made in theform of the sheet-metal blank without departing from the spirit or scopeof my invention. Hence I do not limit myself to the precise constructionherein shown.

What I claim is A seal consisting of a sheet-metal blank, having ashackle integral therewith, a portion of said blank on one side of saidshackle being formed into a hollow cylinder in which the free end ofsaid shackle is adapted to be secured, the other side of said blankforming a tag, substantially as described and shown.

SAML. E. OHEESEMAN.

Witnesses:

P. J. MADDEN, B. P. HoLLEN.

